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DaaS

The workspace as-a-service: the control plane from the Citrix cloud, the workloads where you want — data center, Azure or both.

FOCUS · VDI WITHOUT THE WEIGHTThe control plane managed by Citrix, the desktops where it pays: the workspace's modern architecture
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01 · What it is

Citrix DaaS, made clear.

Citrix DaaS moves the control plane (broker, studio, monitor) into Citrix's cloud — updated and made redundant by them — while the desktops and the apps run in the resource locations you choose: your data center, Azure, or a mix. The VDI stays yours; the effort of managing its brain doesn't.

Evergreen
the control plane always updated: the broker upgrades disappear
Ovunque
the workloads on-prem, in cloud or hybrid: the choice by costs and data
HA di serie
the control plane made redundant by Citrix: one worry fewer
Citrix DaaS
OFFICIAL CITRIX BRANDING · DAAS
CONSOLE REALE · STUDIO HOME (DAAS) · FONTE: CITRIX DOCS
REAL CONSOLE · STUDIO HOME (DAAS) · SOURCE: CITRIX DOCS
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The architecture

Users, everywhereoffice, home, tablet
Control plane (Citrix cloud)
DC resource location
Azure resource location
the brain · the muscles, where you want
Cloud Connectorthe bridge, redundant
HDX up to the userthe experience you know
The brain in the cloud, the muscles where needed

Resource locations with judgment

Data and latency decide where the desktops run: the ERP close to the database, always.

Migration from CVAD

From on-prem to DaaS without a big bang: the two worlds coexist during the journey.

Autoscale on the costs

In the cloud the VMs switch off with the shifts: VDI on consumption, not on a flat fee.

Governed images

The single golden image for all the locations: one update, everywhere.

03 · In depth

A cloud control plane, resources where you want

Citrix DaaS moves the control plane into the Citrix cloud (the Delivery Controllers, Studio and Director become a service, updated by Citrix): the Cloud Connectors hook up the resource locations — on-prem, Azure, AWS, GCP — where the VDAs and desktops run; MCS provisions the catalogs on the hypervisors and the clouds (with on-demand provisioning to pay only for what's on), Autoscale switches off and on by schedules and buffers: the cloud cost follows the real usage.

  • Control plane evergreen — Citrix updates Studio, Director and the controllers: your upgrades disappear
  • Resource location — the desktops where it makes sense: the machine room, Azure, or both
  • Cloud Connector — two VMs per site, outbound HTTPS: no VPN nor inbound
  • MCS multi-cloud — the catalogs provisioned on vSphere, Nutanix, Azure, AWS
  • Autoscale — power-ons by schedule and buffer: the cloud bill halved
  • HA del piano — the access continues even if the link to Citrix falls (LHC)
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

99,9%
the Citrix control plane's SLA
-40%
the typical compute cost with Autoscale
2+
the Cloud Connectors per resource location
0
Citrix infrastructure upgrades: it's a service
Modern VDI is hybrid: a cloud control plane, workloads where it pays — the design and the operations are ours.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Hybrid workspace

On-prem and cloud desktops under one direction.

Bursts and seasonal

The peaks on Azure, the base at home.

Simplification

Away with the broker infrastructure's maintenance.

Modern VDI keeps the data close and the management far: DaaS does exactly that — we design it.